Teens and training! Always a contentious issue for parents everywhere. Should I let my kids get into fitness? Doesn’t training mean lifting weights? Isn’t lifting weights bad for young bodies?? Thankfully, there is plenty of research to suggest otherwise. This study...
One of my favourite Ted talk presenters is Simon Sinek. Sinek is famous for books such as Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last and Together Is Better. He’s as equally well known for his talks, available on multiple platforms including Ted and YouTube. About a week or so...
Something is better than nothing. It really is. That’s not to say you should give yourself an excuse to do the bare minimum, not at all. But also, you’ve got to start somewhere! Every year, in CrossFit gyms around the world, we do the CrossFit open. It’s a competitive...
If you used to do CrossFit but stopped, I’d like to invite you to come back. I know working out is challenging. It’s difficult to find time and motivation. Life is busy, and it’s easier to crack a cold one on the couch than work out. I do it sometimes, and I own a...
A couple of days ago I wrote a post on ‘why we business’. It seemed only natural to qualify this with ‘how we fitness’. Fitness is a funny thing. Some think it is running marathons, others lifting heavy weights, and some climbing mountains....
When I was a kid, I bought a tennis racket because I’d seen Ivan Lendl playing at Wimbledon on the tv. I’d never been taught how to play tennis, nor did I have any real interest in the game, but it was popular and all my friends were off to the concrete courts at...
